Ironing-board



A. R. SIMPSON. IRONING BOARD. APPLICATION FILED FEB. I8. I920.

9 SHEETS-SHEET I Y Patenhui Feb. 15, 1921.

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Patented Feb. 15, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- ALBERT R. SIMPSON, OF DORGHESTEB, NEBRASKA.

IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Feb. 15, 1921.

Application filed February 18, 1920. Serial No. 359,722.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Armour R. SrMrsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dorchester, in the county Nebraska, have invented a new and useful IrOningBOard; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to ironing boards and has for its object to provide an ironing board, wherein a leg is pivoted in a slot at the rear end of the ironing board, one end of said leg extending above the ironing board and being provided with a notch for the reception of an edge of a supporting table so that the rear end of the ironing board will be clamped to said table by the weight of the ironing board and the pressure on said board during an ironing operation.

A further object is to provide an extension leg so that said leg may be accommodated to different heights of tables. Also to provide means whereby the table leg may be secured to the under face of the ironing board and the ironing board as a whole hung on a wall.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is perspective view of the ironing board.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view showing the ironing board in position to be suspended from a hook on the wall, the leg being supported in a bracket on the bottom of the board.

Fig. 41 is a sectional view taken on line tof Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the extension portion of the supporting leg.

Fig. 6 is a sectional View taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates an ironing board and 2 a table to which the ironing board is clamped. The

of Saline, State of tension 13.

rear end 3 of the board 1 is provided with a slot t which slot on each side thereof on the under face of the board 1 is provided with reinforcing strips 6 through which reinforcing strips a bolt 7 passes transversely of the slot 4-. Bo t 7 is spaced from the end 8 of the board and is adapted to be engaged by a notch 9 of a downwardly and for wardly extending supporting leg 10. The lower end of the leg 10 rests upon the floor and the upper end of the leg 10 on its rear edge 1s provided with a notch 11, which notch receives the marginal edge of the table 2. When the marginal edge of the table 2 is disposed in the notch 11, it will be seen that the upper face of the notch 11 will engage the top of the table and the rear end of the board 1 will engage the under face of the table as shown at 12. The weight of the table beyond the pivotal point formed by the bolt 7 will cause a clamping action so that the table will be clamped securely between the clamping surfaces of the leg 10 and the upper face of the rear end of the ironing board.

During an ironing operation the weight of the iron and the pressure on the article being ironed will cause the top of the table 2 to be securely clamped between clamping neinbers, however, even when the weight of the iron and the pressure incident to ironing is not applied to the ironing board 1,.

the weight of the ironing board will securely hold the ironing board to the table 2. The lower end of the table leg 10 is provided with a bifurcation 12, which bifurcation receives an extension 13 of an extension leg 14, there being a series of apertures 15 through the arms 16 formed by the bifurcation 12 for the reception of bolts 17, which pass through any of the apertures 15 and through registering apertures 18 of the ex- It will be seen that by placing any of the apertures 18 in registration with any of the apertures 15 and passing the bolts 17 through said registering apertures that the extension leg 14 may be extended to ac commodate the leg to tables of diiferent heights.

When it is desired to collapse the table and suspend the same from a hook on a wall so that the ironing table will be out of the way when not in use, the leg 10 is removed and the lower end thereof placed beneath the arched portion 18 of a strap 19 which is secured as at 20 to the under face of the iron .larged portion'22 and be ing board as shown in Fig. 3. Then the leg 1s swung over until the notch 9 is received by a headed lug 21; notch 9 is prox' i-ded with an enlarged portion 22 so theleg is supported by said lug, the shank of the lug will engage one side of the enprevented from accidental displacement. The ironing board as a Whole is suspended from the wall by an eye 23 carried in its end.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is The combination with an ironing board having a notched detachable leg, of means for securing said leg to the under face of the ironing board, said means comprisinga transversely disposed strap for the recepthat when J tion of one end of the leg, said strap being slightly wider than the leg, thereby allowing a limited side movement of the leg at its notched end and a headed lug extending downwardly from the under face of the board and so positioned that its shank will be received by the notch of the leg for bolding said leg against the under face of the ironing board.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT R. SIMPSQN. l Vitnesses:

FRANK Moonnnny,

' WALTER J. THOMPSON. 

